The Fighters Girlfriend

Day One

Chapter 20

Cameron's POV

What am I supposed to do? I currently sat on my porch overlooking the cityscape at 3:42 in the morning. I snuck out while Jay was asleep. Jack called me about an hour ago, and I've been sitting out there overthinking everything since then.

"You're going to do something for me, Cammy. And if you don't, someone you love very dearly will pay for your consequences."

I gulped. I wasn't ready to hear what I was about to hear. "W-what is it?"

"Either you leave Jay and never speak to him again, or I'll kill him."

I thought I didn't hear him correctly. I didn't say anything. My heart was pounding. My hands were trembling. I couldn't believe what he had said to me.

"You got that, Cameron? If you really care about Jay, you'll leave him. I'll give you a week to decide."

"A week?!" I exclaimed.

"If you decide to do the right thing and leave him, pick me up from the prison at 4 o'clock. If you don't show..well." He chuckled. "You know what will happen." And then he hung up.

I sat there listening to the continuous beeeeep that filled my ear. After I finally realized what had happened, I dropped my phone to the ground and started crying.

And here I am now. Wondering what the hell am I supposed to do.

The obvious option is to leave Jay. But how can I leave someone who has put me first before their own life so many times? How can I leave someone who I love more than anything else in this fucked up world?

I looked down at the necklace Jay had given me only a few hours before all this happened.

How can I leave someone when I know it'll tear them up inside?

And what would I even say to him? "Hey Jay, I have to break up or else Jack will kill you. Alright, good talk! See ya!" Yeaaah not a good idea.

This is so fucked up.

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I watched Jay as he slept. I was sitting in a chair in the bedroom facing the bed. He looked so peaceful. So relaxed. So happy. And to think, this time next week, I'll be ruining that happiness. I'll be breaking the love of my life's heart.

I have seven days left with Jay. And I was going to make the best of it.

A few minutes had passed when I noticed Jay start to stir in his sleep. He started mumbling something, and then his eye slowly opened. He scanned the room looking for me, and when his eyes landed on me, he smiled. I gave him a small smile back and stood up and sat on the bed next to him. I started playing with his hair, which made him moan out of happiness.

"Good morning," I told him.

"Morning, baby." He replied. I smiled and leaned down to peck his cheek.

"Let's do something today. We always sit at home."

He raised an eyebrow and propped himself up on one arm.

"Like what?" He asked. I paused for a moment to think.

"We could see a movie? Have dinner? I don't know, anything."

"We can do that."

We both got out of the bed and started getting ready for the day. When we were dressed, I started making his favorite breakfast. Waffles with M&M's in them and fried eggs with bacon. Once breakfast was done, we both chowed down happily. He complimented my cooking as he devoured every last bite of it. When we were done eating, I put the dishes in the sink.

"So what movie do you want to watch?" He asked me. I thought for a moment, then remembered a movie just came out.

"Ooh! How about The Incredibles 2!" I pleaded him with puppy dog eyes. He laughed and hugged me.

"Perfect." He planted a kiss on my lips. When we parted, I was a little sad, wanting more. Wanting to cherish every moment I can get with his lips on mine. I frowned but brushed it off.

I started to look up show times for the movie and saw there was one starting in half an hour. We decided to go to that one.

We left the house and began our walk towards the movie theater. It took us about 20 minutes to get there. Once we got there, Jay paid for our tickets and we walked inside.

"Snack?" He asked. I looked at him with an eyebrow raised and scoffed. "You're right, shouldn't of asked." He said and started to walk towards the snack counter. I laughed and followed after him. He was studying the menu long and hard. It took him forever to finally decide what he wanted.

"All right," He looked at the cashier, wondering if he was ready. When he figured he was, he began ordering. "I would like a large popcorn, extra extra butter, with some of that butter flavored salt shit you got too. Nachos, with extra cheese and extra jalapeños, and a large Cherry Coke." He looked at me and I nodded approvingly. The cashier told him the total and as Jay paid, another employee got our food ready.

We took our food and grabbed straws and a lot of napkins, then headed towards our theater. We walked into the dark room and began searching for good seats. All the middle rows were full, so we decided on the back row. When we sat down in our chairs, we began to eat some of the food as we watched previews. Finally, the movie started. I hushed Jay from crunching on his nachos and started to watch the movie intently.

I have waited years for this movie. I'm not missing a SECOND of it!

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"Oh my god! That was amazing!" I exclaimed as Jay and I walked out of the movie theater.

"Eh, it was a little predictable, but I still enjoyed it." He shrugged. I agreed, it was predictable, but it was still amazing.

"Alright," I looked at him as we started walking towards wherever. "Where are we going to eat?"

"Are you already hungry? We could wait a bit." He said. "I mean, we did eat breakfast, and then a lot of movie theater food." He laughed as he rubbed his belly. He was poking it out just to show that he was full.

I laughed with him and poked his pushed out belly. "Yeah, we can wait."

We continued on walking around for about 2 hours until we decided that we were hungry again. We found a cute little cafe and decided to eat there. When we were done eating, we stepped back out into the cool, crisp New York air, and began our walk home. We were walking slowly, hand in hand. I wanted to take this all in. I walked extra slow, just so I could be with him for a little while longer. And I know that I still have a few days left with him, but it's not enough.

I want forever with him.

But either way, I lose Jay in the end.

So I might as well choose the option that saves him. It's time for me to save him for once, instead of him saving me.